MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 AUG 25 Station: 38.72,-101.76 Latitude: 38.72 Longitude: -101.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 19 1 950 460 2 900 940 SFC 883 1110 38.7 4.0 12 34.7 17.1 70 5 323.1 324.2 294.8 341.9 5.78 4 850 1461 35.5 -0.2 10 35.6 14.6 62 7 323.3 324.2 293.8 337.9 4.44 5 800 2005 30.2 -1.1 13 31.4 12.3 53 6 323.4 324.3 293.8 337.9 4.41 6 750 2575 24.8 -2.1 17 26.9 9.7 37 5 323.5 324.3 293.8 337.9 4.36 7 700 3172 19.1 -3.2 22 22.3 7.0 12 4 323.6 324.5 293.8 337.9 4.32 8 650 3801 13.1 -4.3 30 17.4 3.9 337 5 323.7 324.6 293.8 337.8 4.27 9 600 4466 6.6 -5.5 42 12.1 0.5 308 7 323.8 324.6 293.8 337.8 4.23 10 550 5171 -0.1 -6.9 60 6.8 -3.4 290 10 323.9 324.8 293.7 337.6 4.14 11 500 5925 -6.7 -9.9 78 3.2 -8.1 267 14 324.9 325.6 293.6 336.9 3.61 12 450 6740 -12.5 -21.1 48 8.6 -15.2 263 24 327.5 327.8 292.5 333.0 1.58 13 400 7627 -18.8 -38.5 16 19.7 -22.1 264 28 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.8 0.34 14 350 8608 -25.9 -41.5 22 15.6 -28.0 264 35 333.9 333.9 293.0 335.0 0.29 15 300 9705 -34.2 -43.6 38 9.4 -35.1 265 41 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.3 0.27 16 250 10954 -44.4 -50.3 52 5.9 -44.7 261 39 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.7 0.15 17 200 12409 -55.7 -60.3 56 4.7 -55.8 261 41 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.06 18 150 14193 -65.6 -71.3 45 5.7 -65.7 256 35 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.02 19 100 16648 -65.4 -83.0 7 17.6 -65.5 246 7 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5906.71 m Freezing level: 550.91 mb = 5158.46 m = 16923.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.03 mb = 4560.40 m = 14961.77 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.72 % Est. max temperature: 39.12 C = 102.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 535.39 mb = 5384.34 m = 17664.95 ft T: -1.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.36 C/km ThetaE index: 4.05 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 499.90 mb = 5926.95 m = 19445.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.41 C = 104.75 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: 0.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: 0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 42.15 C Cross Totals Index: 6.52 C K Index: 19.72 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 29.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 510.16 mb = 5766.31 m = 18918.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 445.16 mb = 6821.08 m = 22378.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 355.16 mb = 8500.64 m = 27888.89 ft B at Equ Level: 11.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 305.16 mb = 9583.80 m = 31442.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.1 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 321.1 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: -6.1 tot: -3.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 31.16 m/s